. Historic Virginia homes and churches . CHAKLOTTE COIXTV. THE GARDEN AT ) 28 PIEDMONT AND THE SOUTH SIDE Isaac Read, in 1730, in wliat was tlifii known as tlie Countyof Brunswick, from which County Lunenl)iu-g was after-wards formed in 174-5. In 1764 Charlotte County was cutoiF from liUnenburg. Greenfield is now the oldest house in Charlotte says that when it was first built settlers came formiles to see so palatial a residence as it was then timbers of the house are very massive, many of thembeing hewn. The dressed lumber was sawn i
. Historic Virginia homes and churches . CHAKLOTTE COIXTV. THE GARDEN AT ) 28 PIEDMONT AND THE SOUTH SIDE Isaac Read, in 1730, in wliat was tlifii known as tlie Countyof Brunswick, from which County Lunenl)iu-g was after-wards formed in 174-5. In 1764 Charlotte County was cutoiF from liUnenburg. Greenfield is now the oldest house in Charlotte says that when it was first built settlers came formiles to see so palatial a residence as it was then timbers of the house are very massive, many of thembeing hewn. The dressed lumber was sawn in old-fashionedsaw pits, while the nails and iron fittings are all hand-madeof wrought iron. The original house has two stories, two rooms dividedby a laige hall on each floor. It has since been added to,to accommodate increasing families and for hospitablereasons, until the present house is about 150 feet in has passed from father to child by descent,and has always been in jjossession of a Read. The plantation mill with its old wheel is still grind
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